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New Atlanticist

New Atlanticist is the Atlantic Council’s public policy blog. It seeks to provide expert analysis, accessible to a broad readership, on the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.

Inflection Points

A weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, Inflection Points focuses on the global challenges facing the United States and how to best address them.

UkraineAlert

UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture, with commentary drawn from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

MENASource

The MENASource blog follows the transitions in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, as well as other political and economic changes throughout the region. MENASource provides a platform for diverse perspectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa on major issues that are at stake in the post-Arab Spring era.

SyriaSource

SyriaSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, amplifies Syrian voices, alongside Atlantic Council researchers and fellows, to showcase issues most pertinent to Syrians. The blog features news and analysis directly from Syrian sources as well as international experts.

IranSource

IranSource provides a holistic look at Iran’s internal dynamics, global and regional policies, and posture through unique analysis of current events and long-term, strategic issues related to Iran.

EnergySource

EnergySource provides analysis and insight on key energy issues, making sense of key energy trends and their implications for geopolitics, geoeconomics, policy, and markets.

AfricaSource

AfricaSource provides in-depth analysis and incisive commentary by the Africa Center’s experts on the people and events shaping the present and future of the world’s most dynamic regions.

Econographics

Econographics help visualize and contextualize the most important trends and developments in the global economy.

TURKEYSource

TURKEYSource provides analysis and insight on Turkey and related developments with coverage from Turkish, regional, and international experts. This blog offers timely news and commentary on key issues related to transatlantic relations, energy, business, migration, and key players.

SouthAsiaSource

SouthAsiaSource is the Atlantic Council’s premier publication for South Asian affairs, covering areas such as economics and trade, governance, education, climate and environmental issues, politics and diplomacy, migration, security, and other areas.

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President Barack Obama in Warsaw, June 3, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2014

Obama Warns NATO Allies to Share Defense Burden: ‘We Can’t Do It Alone’

By Barack Obama, White House

Part of what I discussed with Secretary General of NATO Rasmussen and now with the new Secretary General Stoltenberg is the need to make sure that the collective defense effort is robust, it is ready, it is properly equipped.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Trade in Action

Jun 3, 2014

TTIP Action: June 1

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
President Barack Obama and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, June 3, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2014

Obama Announces Billion Dollar Initiative to Strengthen European Security

By White House

From the White House:  Today, I’m announcing a new initiative to bolster the security of our NATO allies here in Europe.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Top News: Amid Fear and Pressure, Syrians Vote for President

By MENASource

Syrians lined up to vote Tuesday morning across government-controlled areas in a disputed ballot—denounced as “fake” by the French—that is certain to hand Bashar al-Assad another seven-year term.

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Egypt and the Return of the ‘Old Time Religion’

By Maged Atiya

Posters featuring former Defense Minister and president elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and both Coptic Pope Tawadros II and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb of Al-Azhar are not uncommon in Egypt, offered both in praise and in condemnation. In praise, they attempt to burnish Sisi’s legitimacy as a man uniting all of Egypt and bridging the religious divide. […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Elections, Elections Everywhere and Not a Democracy in Sight

By Adam Simpson

The United States, the European Union, and the United Nations all affirm their intention to facilitate democratic transition in the Middle East and North Africa. Despite this claim and in the face of deeply flawed elections, they remain married to political niceties and empty diplomatic rhetoric.

Elections Middle East

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Top News: Due to Pressure Bassem Youssef Announces End of Satirical Show

By EgyptSource

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef said Monday he has canceled his landmark TV show, which broke ground by lambasting the nation’s politicians and elites and mocking the pro-military fervor of the past year. 

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

A Renewed Case for a Syria Tribunal

By Ryan J. Suto

Last month, China and Russia predictably vetoed a French UN Security Council proposal to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Without Syria’s ratification of the Rome Statute, the Security Council is the only body that can refer investigation of the conflict to the ICC.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

EconSource: Citibank report on Egypt– Fiscal deficit to remain in double digits, inflation unlikely to rise

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Vilnius, June 1, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2014

NATO Parliamentary Assembly Calls for New Compact Between Europe and North America

By NATO Parliamentary Assembly

We must define the terms of a new compact between European and North American Allies. The current perception of an imbalance in the sharing of the burden for our security should be redressed.

Europe & Eurasia NATO
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